Film Music Reporter

Philip Glass will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the film music concert Minimalism in Motion: Glass, Nyman and Beyond, which will close Film Fest Gent’s Film Music Days 2025 and the 25th World Soundtrack Awards. During the concert, a selection of the composer’s work will be performed by the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Dirk Brossé who personally presented the award to Glass in New York. The composer who was initially renowned for his work for opera and his symphonies has made an equally impressive contribution to film music, with a rich oeuvre of film scores that include The Hours, Koyaanisqatsi, The Truman Show, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Kundun. He has has previously been recognized at the World Soundtrack Awards in 2007 with two nominations for his Academy Award-nominated score for Notes on a Scandal. Debbie Wiseman has previously announced as this year’s guest of honor at the World Soundtrack Awards. For updates and to buy tickets, visit the awards’ official website.